Yes I just reviewed that, my graphics card is in just fine, my cpu is in the right way and plugged in to the power connector on mobo, i tried on ram stick and then 2, and power is going to all my components.

There are two different places on your motherboard where power goes, in entirely different places. One is a large 24-pin connector and the other is a small 8-pin connector where 4 of the pins are covered. Both of these have to be connected.

Thermaltake power supplies are not the very best you can buy but they also are not junk. If your PC power, Corsair, Antec, OCZ, are cadillac, bmw, saab, then thermaltake is a honda - cheap and reliable but yes, not the very best money can buy.

No you misunderstand. He's saying that your BIOS is probably detecting the CPU and activating onboard graphics. You need to attach the monitor to the onboard graphics and then configure the BIOS to use the PCI-E slot card.

You should take out the graphics card as you don't need it to get up and running. My best suggestion to you at this point is to disassemble everything and follow the assembly instructions carefully - the ones stickied at the top of the forum.

If you still have no luck at that point RMA the MB as defective... but I'm pretty sure this is a case of user error.